Railway-rail joint and chair.



PATENTED OUT. 10, 1905.

A. 0. DEAL. RAILWAY RAIL JOINT AND CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.2, 1905.

entor Attorneys Witnesses ALONZO O. DEAL, OF ASHTON, WVEST VIRGINIA.

RAILWAY-RAIL JOINT AND CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed March 2, 1905. Serial No. 248,111.

To all 1072,0712. it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNZo C. DEAL, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Ashton, in the county of Mason and State of lVestVirginia, have invented a new and useful Railway- Rail Joint and Chair, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined railwayrail joints and chairs, and has for its object to improve the construction and increase the strength and efficiency of devices of this class.

W'ith these and other objects in View, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corre sponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto,as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, of the improved device applied. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. t is a perspective View of the base member. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the clamping member from beneath. Fig. 6 is a detached perspective View of the locking-pin.

The improved device comprises a base member 10 for resting upon the tie and adapted to be secured in any desired manner thereto, preferably by the holding-spikes in the usual manner, the holding-spikes for engagement with spike-cavities 11 in the side edges of the base-plate.

The supporting-ties and holding-spikes are not shown, as they form no part of the present invention and as their construction and uses are so well known.

The base member 10 is designed to support the abutting ends of the rails 12 13 and is provided with a longitudinal rib 14:, overhanging and bearing upon the flanges of the rails at one side, and with a longitudinal channel 15, spaced from the rib 14:, the channel having dovetailed side walls and with the outer wall also inclined to the longitudinal plane of the base member.

Resting upon the base member 10 is a clamping member 16, with one edge 17 overhanging and bearing upon the tie-flanges of the rails 12 13 at the sides opposite to the rib 14 and provided with a longitudinally-extending rib 18, conforming to and adapted for engagement with the channel 15.

The longitudinally-inchned and dovetailed.

form of the rib and channel provide means for firmly clamping the member 16 upon the base member 10 and likewise against the tie-flanges of the rails, and thus firmly unites the parts and supports the rail ends from both lateral and vertical movement.

The rib 18 of the clamp member 16 projects at each end, as at 19 20, beyond the clamp member,the projecting end 19 having a shoulder 21 for bearing against the adjacent end of the base member, and the projecting end having a vertical aperture 22 and spaced stop-ribs 23 24: on its upper side.

Fitting the aperture 22 is a stop-pin 25, extending by the lower end past the adjacent end of the base member 10 and with a T-head 26 for fitting between the stop-ribs 23 24. A key 27 passes through the pin beneath the projecting end 20 to prevent the withdrawal of the pin. The pin 25 also engages a small cavity 28in the end of the base member to increase the bearing-surface of the pin, and thus correspondingly increasing the resistance which it offers to the longitudinal strains. By this simple means it is obvious thata very strong, rigid, and durable combined supporting-chair and rail-joint is produced, which firmly supports the rail ends from both lateral and vertical movement and without the use of clamping-bolts or other similar connecting means.

The device may be adapted to any size of rail and may be of any suitable material, but will preferably be of cast-steel.

The wedge-shaped and dovetailed rib will be so constructed relative to the base member and rail ends that the clamp member will require to be driven home with suitable sledges or hammers to insure the requisite degree of pressure to retain the parts in position and enable them to resist the jars and concussions to which they will be subjected.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a combined railway rail joint and chair, a base member for resting on the tie and provided with a longitudinal rib for overhanging and bearing upon one side of the tie- Hanges of the abutting rail ends and with a longitudinal channel having dovetailed side walls and with one side inclined to the longitudinal plane of the base member, a clamping member engaging said base member with one side edge overhanging and bearing upon the other side of the tie-flanges of the abutting rail ends and with a longitudinal rib corresponding to and adapted to engage said channel and provided with projecting ends, one of said ends having a depending shoulder for bearing against said base member at one end and the other projecting end for supporting a stop-pin bearing against the base member at the other end.

2. In a combined railway-rail joint and chair, a base member for resting on the tie and provided with a longitudinal rib for overhanging and bearing upon one side of the tieflanges of the abutting rail ends and with a longitudinal channel having dovetailed side walls and with one side inclined to the longitndinal plane of the base member, a clamping member engaging said base member with one side edge overhanging and bearing upon the other side of the tie-flanges of the abutting rail ends and with a longitudinal rib corresponding to and adapted to engage said chan nel and provided with projecting ends, one of said ends having a depending shoulder for bearing against said base member at one end and the other projecting end having spaced stop-ribs and a transverse aperture, and a stop-pin for engaging said aperture and bearing against the base member at the other end and with a T-head for bearing between said stop-ribs.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALONZO C. DEAL.

Witnesses:

J. STARKEY, PHILIP BLUZIJR. 

